{UAH} Obama -'I am the closest thing to a Jew that has ever sat in this office'

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'I am the closest thing to a Jew that has ever sat in this office': Obama's extraordinary claim revealed as president bids to reduce tensions with Israeli leader over Iran

• David Axelrod revealed what president told him in interview with Israeli television 
• President was also speaking in bid to reduce tensions with country over Iran nuclear deal
• He admitted to 'tough' conversations with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
•  Obama does not have any known Jewish ancestry although his wife has a cousin who is a rabbi after converting 

By Francesca Chambers For Dailymail.com

Published: 22:47 GMT, 2 June 2015 | Updated: 07:10 GMT, 3 June 2015

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One of Barack Obama's most senior advisers has told how the president said to him: 'I'm the closest thing to a Jew that has ever sat in this office.'

David Axelrod, one of the key figures in Obama's rise to the presidency and his first term in office, revealed the claim at the same time as the president tried to reduce tensions with Israel over an impending nuclear deal with Iran.

Axelrod made the assertion during an interview with Israeli journalist Ilana Dayan of Channel 2 news, according to news siteJPUpdates.com.

'You know, I think I am the closest thing to a Jew that has ever sat in this office,' the president said, according to Axelrod's account. 'For people to say that I am anti-Israel, or, even worse, anti-Semitic, it hurts.'

The claim was revealed hours before Channel 2 conducted its own interview with Obama, who has a difficult relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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